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Braddock, John S

business man, state senator, was born Dec. 13, 1844, near Mount Vernon, Ohio. He received his education in the public schools of his native town and county, and graduated from the high school of Fredericktown.

He served with distinction as a representative in the general assembly of the Ohio state legislature; and was subsequently a state senator, and served on several important committees. In 1888 he was a candidate for congress from the ninth Ohio district. He is a successful real estate dealer, and president of the Braddock Land and Granite company of Little Rock, Ark. His home is still in the place of his nativity.

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